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America Reviews:
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| frak that Seriously stupid move.
I would not be able to tolerate such a system. I'm not even that heavy of a user, but screw this nonsense. With Rhapsody, Netflix, gaming, surfing, random downloading, windows + other updates (antivirus, other software, etc...), it would add up rather quickly.
Oh, and I have more than one computer... So... again, screw that noise.
Even IF I was within the limits, I'd still be upset. What about when I feel like going and downloading a Linux to try out? A game demo or 5?
This is not how the internet is supposed to work. This is completely counterintuitive, completely wrong on so many levels.
The internet should not be sold on such a basis. People are too used to having it be as unlimited as they can get.
I realize it's a packet switched network, but this is outrageous. People are used to using such services in ways much like a circuit switched, or analog network.
You can leave your tv on all year if you want. You can talk on your phone (and now even cell phones...) all day and all night if you want. You can leave your water running all the time if you want (and are able, and if it won't run your area out of water...  ).
Going back to dialup days, you could leave your dialup running all the time...
With DSL, you can also have that running full time, and the phone companies usually have no problem with this because their network(s) were designed to handle such a thing...
The more people start using their internet connection, the more need there will be for it to be a truly available system, not unlike so many other things.
I find this idea repulsive and ingorant, stagnant and foul smelling, narrow minded and insolent, and utterly disgusting in every way; especially the little pictures showing what you could get out of their service. Makes me sick.
The internet is not meant to be (neutered) this way. |
